Just my humble opinion here (I have not used the Windows version extensively, only 2006 on Win XP a while back) I think the problem is not one of platforms, but one of legacy.

I think the user interface is just as convoluted (if not more so) on Windows as it is on Mac. The reason being that Windows has more features crammed into the same basic 20 (something) year old user interface .

Having started on Mac version 4 in the late 80's and sticking with version 5 through the 90's. I used 2006 for about a year in a band I was in around 2006. I jumped to Mac version 12 a couple of years ago, and now Mac 2009.

My observation is that BIAB looks like it does because of where it has come from.

The UI has not changed all that much since the late 80's, however many many many new features have been cobbled together to fit in a UI that was originally just a MIDI chord generator. I think they've done a great job of maintaining backward compatibility, and keeping the learning curve low for us old time users so far.

However there does comes a point where you will have 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag.

I have no problem with the current UI, but I can see it being very intimidating for a new user.
I'm thinking a total rewrite of the UI would be a really huge undertaking at this point.

Just my $.02, YMMV.

- Jay

MacPro 5,1/12 core@3.46GHz -- OS X 10.15.7 -- ATI 7970 -- 32 Gig RAM -- Crucial 500GB OS SSD -- Samsung EVO 1TB Audio/Sample SSD -- BIAB 2024 -- Logic Pro X -- Cubase Elements 14 -- Too many plugins